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- raingrove, on 10/12/2007, -3/+87Photoshop isn't a game.
- buss, on 10/12/2007, -5/+61haha, I like the end, "I am root!"
- BugMeNot2, on 10/12/2007, -6/+52But you can turn it into one. :D
See who can make the best artwork in 5 minutes and then put up a poll and see who gets the most votes. - kampfy, on 10/12/2007, -2/+40WOW isn't a game, it's a second job.
- Bioshocker, on 10/12/2007, -8/+45"for a Windoze user who is looking to get more advanced and grow a left lobe."
This is what I love about zealots. Unable to promote their favorite thing without insulting those who they are trying to get the attention of. - atdigg, on 10/12/2007, -12/+48Not all people play games, or play card and board games that are plentiful on Mac and Linux. Many people have a PlayStation or XBox and don't care about games on computers, those can use very well Linux or Mac without constantly bitching about games.
- deadeyes, on 10/12/2007, -14/+44Linux is only free if your time has no value.
- XFact0r, on 10/12/2007, -0/+29For those that don't know this is where the Photoshop as a game reference comes from:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xo4BpgfWiBE&search=apple%20switch - Gatesophile, on 10/12/2007, -2/+30Or if you find that sort of thing fun. Which I do.
- Pirkel, on 10/12/2007, -3/+30I AM ROOT!
- OrangeTide, on 10/12/2007, -4/+24I play muds, which luckily work just fine on my Honeywell teletype printer.
- wpholmes, on 10/12/2007, -1/+19The Performance one is the funniest
- Lorian, on 10/12/2007, -8/+25Maybe it's just me, but Ubuntu took a significantly shorter amount of time to set up than Windows...
- Cannon13, on 10/12/2007, -0/+16Do you honestly think that Apple would run an ad like that on TV? Uncensored with the f-word in it? You don't need a sense of humor, you need a brain.
- wilf_brim, on 10/12/2007, -1/+15Love the end, "I run the servers for the game.."
Win & Mac "STFU"
Linux: "I could block your whole subnet..." - doushanes, on 10/12/2007, -1/+13that was lame. These ones are better.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8lW8ndh5BU&mode=related&search=
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oc4oP_ITqMc&mode=related&search= - Antimatter3009, on 10/12/2007, -2/+12@JeffH (and anyone else making these comments)
I point you here: http://linux.oneandoneis2.org/LNW.htm
Basically (of those moving away from Windows), there are people who are willing to learn and use Linux for what it is, and then there are people who just don't want to use Windows anymore. If you're among the first group (as I am) then go for it. You'll find an efficient, secure, easy to use OS with a learning curve (which, yes, involves a command line, though that can be avoided if you try hard enough). If you just don't want to use Windows but are looking for something familiar-ish and easy to pick up instantly, you could try a Mac or a particular flavor of Linux that's aimed at the Windows users (Madriva/Linspire maybe). If those don't work for you, then you're stuck.
Just keep in mind that those of us who use Linux don't want it to be Windows, we want it to be Linux. - cheztir, on 10/12/2007, -5/+14I will say this was funny. But seriously i own a Mac to do work. I have a PC and an Xbox 360 for games.
Also Lorian, UT2004 was made for Macs and Linux as well. - Boondoggle, on 10/12/2007, -3/+12You are a retard
- sembetu, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9Fact: I am tri-lingual (Windows/Mac/Linux)
Fact: I prefer to use a mac.
Fact: I have a sense of humor.
Now that that is out of the way....
These PARODIES are IMHO funny. Very funny. - sneakerelph, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9sorta reminds me of Milton from Office Space.
"I.. I could have this place condemned...."
"There was salt, big grains of salt...." - m0nk, on 10/12/2007, -3/+11I use linux for all, games included, but this was just too funny....I have to digg...
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -5/+13i love it when the (commercial, magazine, parady, etc) insults its audience.
i feel like im watching E3 on G4 again, "LOL OMG SWEATY GUYS EVERYWHERE" blah blah. To be quite honest, i've never met a 'geeky' person who used linux, they've all been incredibly hip to current trends. - vashmyvindows, on 10/12/2007, -5/+13> Maybe it's just me, but Ubuntu took a significantly shorter amount of time to set up than Windows...
You don't have a Broadcom modem, I take it ;) - snooo, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8and you'll only play with yourself...
- SoxFanNH, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7Reminded me of the "I will burn the place down" quote from Office Space...
- LordLucless, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7Windows lack of a rich CLI is one of the things that makes it damn annoying for power users. A GUI is more suited for everyday users - it is more intuitive, but slower (especially when compared to a CLI used by a competent typist). A GUI can make doing simple things easier, but it also makes doing complicated things harder.
Frequently in a GUI control panel, more advanced (and thus, less used) options and toggles are nested three or four elements (tabs, panels, dialog boxes) deep. Unless you know exactly which branch of the tree the toggle you're looking for is in, you need to click through them all randomly to find them. Compare this to a text-file config setup, where all you need to do is scroll through the file, or use the editors find feature to jump straight to your setting.
The lucky thing is, there's nothing that stops the two from co-existing. Have a text file store the variables, and a GUI frontend for editing the text file. As long as the text file is human-readable, you've got the best of both worlds.
Of course, this doesn't even address some of the snazzy things you can do with pipes and redirects in a Linux CLI that really have no counterpart in the GUI world. And even if they did have a counterpart, it would of necessity be much clunkier than the CLI version.
You can have your GUI, but don't be stupid and throw out the CLI just because the average user likes to point and click - JeffH, on 10/12/2007, -28/+34Take a step out of the GUI world and use the command line?
So you're advertising Linux, yet mentioning one of the most glaring drawbacks that make's 99% of casual users annoyed? Sorry, but the command line needs to go. Take that away and make a standard graphical installer for all Linux platforms (so I don't have to search around for an installer for my specific platform) and maybe I would try dual-booting Windows and a Linux distro again. - Bioshocker, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7"Die. Painfully, if possible."
What's wrong with standing up for the user interface mode that 20 years ago took computers from a niche to the mainstream. The over-reliance on the command line is a backwards step for computer usability - backwards as far as the 70s and early 80s - and is a major reason why Linux has remained a niche thing.
He's only point out basic facts, and he's proved right by the strides that some Linux dists have made since more fully embracing GUIs. - Atomic1fire, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7wolfenstein enemy territory for linux mac and windows
i rest my case - Drahknon, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7Good stuff, though this is getting a little out of hand. Most of the spoofs on this absurd ad campaign have the same insufferable sense of superiority as the source material. It's a little ironic.
- kampfy, on 10/12/2007, -5/+9Yeah that sounds trustworthy, 10 hours for a Windows install...maybe if you included the amount of time it took you to locate a pirated XP torrent, download it, burn it, then format a 200 gig drive. I'm quite curious as to what you had to spend about 8 hours configuring in Windows that Ubuntu configured automatically for you. And yes, I know I'm feeding the troll.
- 1coreduo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I just finished installing dual-boot W2k / Fedora5.
W2k took about an hour and half where Fedora took about 30 min (DVD).
W2k was without any 'useful' applications where Fedora had all office etc. already included.
Wifi took about 5 min on both (I had separate CD with the drivers)
Now I need to spend some time with W2k to get all the updates from MS and countless reboots and more reboots after each 'useful app' installation.
It does take quite some time with Fedora @ yum, but mostly 1 reboot.
Both OS installations takes time -> Linux media is free where Windows you pay.
OK, now mod me down if you need. - sneakerelph, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6i'm sure you also decorate your MySpace with "Myspace codez"
- appleswitch, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5@kampfy
I loged in just to dig you up - Lososaurus, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Fact: These parody ads are far more accurate than the real ads.
- aoe2bug, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5Even as a linux/mac user, I laughed at this. atdigg has a good point about consoles, but then this doesn't need to become yet another argument about the superiority of one or another OS, so I wont add my piece.
- Harlequn, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Linux needs to get past the command line.
Command lines hold systems back, because they require users to memorize hard to remember codes and syntax.
Command lines are relics of the 640k era, which (thank god) is now eleven years back in time.... - RobotDog, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3lol that one is good but the one under it with the black guy being the macbook pro, thats funny
- CompIsMyRx, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Ohhh midgits?!?
- Boondoggle, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5And you are a bigger retard because you failed to use the reply feature correctly.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3yes midgets!
- pmhesse, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3NSFW warning... Or at least use headphones. They say "Shut the F*** up" pretty loudly at the end...
- manitoba98xp, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2It's actually (ocassionally) interesting to read the YouTube comments. It seems to me that the YouTube community is far more Windows-slanted than the Digg community, although that can probably be attributed to age and interests, more than anything.
Myself, I'm a Mac fan. - Ashex, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3@Kampfy
I just upgraded my computer with a 300gig drive, so i did a fresh install of windows and linux on the drive. I pre-partitioned it out to make the job faster.
installation time:
Linux: 1.5 hours
Windows: 5 hours
And why did windows take longer? installation took quite a bit of time, after that, installing updates, software, upgrading drivers, installing drivers, configuring startup, and cleaning up system.
What did I do in linux? Boot off the kubuntu live cd, start install, partition, and click start.
by the way, legit xp cd and key. - DigeratiPrime, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2my custom xp cd i made with nlite and bts driverpacks takes about 15 minutes to completely install on my pc. And it uses little HDD space and is very fast. Beats everything else by a wide margin.
- kindrobot, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Those are actually funny. The networking one is the best.
"Yeah midgets!" - lowerlogic, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Both Linux and Windows have weaknesses. For example, only dumbasses who don't understand how to use a shell/terminal think "linux sux". And in windows everything is slower because the windows terminal sucks and you're limited to the Windows GUI. But both also have strengths. In windows, you can play games that you cannot in linux. Also any moron can learn windows. In Linux, you can do just about anything from the terminal (not wasting time waiting for bloated programs to load like in Windows), use your favorite GUI (xgl looks nice), and customize everything you can think of if you're smart enough to understand how it works. If I had the money, I'd get a mac and learn what is good and bad about that OS, but since I don't have one, i cannot comment on it.
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